Method and device for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility

Abstract

A method for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, including providing first surroundings data from one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of the motor vehicle, providing second surroundings data from one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of the parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the one or multiple surroundings sensor(s) of the parking facility, determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. A corresponding device, a motor vehicle, a parking facility and a computer program are also provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, the method comprising:
 providing first surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle;   providing second surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility;   determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.   
     
     
         2 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the determining step includes:
 ascertaining based on the first surroundings data whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle; and   ascertaining based on the second surroundings data whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle;   determining that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle when an object is detected in one of the ascertaining based on the first surroundings data and ascertaining based on the second surroundings data.   
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the ascertainment based on at least one of the first and second surroundings data includes that, based on the respective surroundings data from the corresponding surroundings sensors, it is ascertained for each surroundings sensor individually whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, whereby, when it is already detected, based on surroundings data from a single surroundings sensor, that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, it is determined that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. 
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second surroundings data includes surroundings sensor raw data which are fused with each other to ascertain fused surroundings data, and based on the fused surroundings data, it being ascertained whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, whereby, when it is detected in the step of ascertaining that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, it is determined that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. 
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein at least the step of determining is carried out with the aid of a first computer situated in the motor vehicle, at least the step of determining being additionally carried out with the aid of a second computer provided outside of the motor vehicle, whereby, if it has already been detected in one of the two steps of determining that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, it is determined that there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. 
     
     
         6 . A device for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, comprising:
 a device for providing first surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, and for providing second surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of a parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility; and   a computer for determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.   
     
     
         7 . A motor vehicle including a device for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, the device comprising:
 a device for providing first surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, and for providing second surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of a parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility; and   a computer for determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.   
     
     
         8 . A parking facility including a device for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, the device comprising:
 a device for providing first surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, and for providing second surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility; and   a computer for determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.   
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program including program code for determining whether there is an object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle inside a parking facility, the program code, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:
 providing first surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle, the first surroundings data corresponding to surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of at least one surroundings sensor of the motor vehicle;   providing second surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility, the second surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle detected with the aid of the at least one surroundings sensor of the parking facility; and   determining, based on the first and second surroundings data, whether there is an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.